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Serpent worship in Africa (1931)

Author: Hambly, Wilfrid Dyson, 1886-; Laufer, Berthold, 1874-1934. editor
Volume: Fieldiana Anthropology v.21, no. 1
Subject: Serpent worship
Publisher: Chicago
Possible copyright status: In copyright. Digitized with permission of the Field Museum of Chicago. Contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu for information. Contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu for information.
Language: English
Call number: 668680
Digitizing sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Book contributor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Collection: biodiversity
Notes: foldout

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-81) and index

I. Python worship -- II. The serpent and fecundity, transmigration of souls, totemism -- III. The rainbow snake -- IV. Immunity and snake-medicines -- V. Distribution of beliefs and probable lines of migration -- VI. The question of an external origin of African serpent beliefs -- VII. Zoological evidence as an explanation of origins -- VIII. Summary and conclusions

Fieldiana series has been published as Anthropological Series by Field Columbian Museum (1895-1909) and Field Museum of Natural History (1909-1943), and as Fieldiana: Anthropology by Chicago Natural History Museum (1945-1966) and Field Museum of Natural History (1966-)

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